Sometimes you will have pity on someone who is involved in wrong practice. And sometimes you will laugh at yourself, when you fall into wrong practice. You will tease yourself: “What are you doing?” You will have various feelings. All the real compassion, real love, true encouragement, and true courage will arise from here. You will not only be a courageous person but also a very kind person when you understand yourself in that way.
Fall, 1967 - Oldest Group Photo at Tassajara
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-20 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.